Phoebe and Her Unicorn by Dana Simpson for September 20, 2019

How could she have gone a whole summer without pirates from under the couch cushions?

yay, Shield of Boringness! _

That was one of the concepts that endeared this strip to me, way back in its ‘Heavenly Nostrils’ days.

Maybe if Marigold went back in there and turned the essay back in, teacher would see there’s more than meets the eye?

I forget, but is there an opposite of the Shield of Boringness? Like a Force Field of Amazement?

There’s some irony here since they’re talking about teachers and boringness.

Even Phoebe’s oath has fallen victim to the Shield of Boringness…or is it Blandness?

Does her report come off even less interesting then as the adults from The Peanuts?

Since only unicorns are protected by the S of B; she should have written about all the other magical critters. I wonder if she’d just replaced “unicorn” with “goblin” or “bigfoot” what would have happened.

Surely, the teacher was expecting Phoebe’s essay would be about unicorns. That’s what triggered the Shield of Boringness.

Funny unicorn sighting in today’s “1 and Done”.

I told you so. I told you so. I told you so….

Don’t you just love how G-rated this comic is?

Honestly, Phoebe, you should’ve seen that coming. I did, at least.

On the bright side: Phoebe’s pronunciation is flawless.

I didn’t think the Shield of Boringness caused people not to realize that the “boring” thing even exists.

Yes Ma’m, I did a lot of more interesting stuff – and please don’t call me ‘Shirley’…

one time i did laundry with a phoebe. it was actually very interesting, for laundry. i went on an adventure in her hair, while waiting for the machines to finish.

another time i did laundry and i got sucked into the laundry machine and into an alternate dimension. unfortunately, there were no phoebes anywhere, but this laundry trip was filmed and uploaded to youtube. if you search for “laundroma” you might find it

see, laundry can be pretty exciting sometimes!

She learned the accent!